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I bbbbbbbI fne Associated Press has a special M j BSf H OT TW Avfcfc, fcKfe. m7 AS SB S"W A 4 P. M. CITY EDITION J I rrrrr U fl P U li II r ft fourteen pages H per In the Urvted State. Generally Fair; Cooler in East Por- nfil Eaw tion Toni9ht- 'ffriill ' FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER 1 I Forty-fourth Year No. 152 Price Five Cents. OGDEN CITY, UTAH FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1914. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postottice. Ogden, Utah. KH V Relief For Thousands of ttte Salem I n.t Fire Victims Pours Into Stricken City MAJORITY OF FACTORY HANDS IN j SALEM HOMELESS AND PENNILESS! 6f, Ten Thousand Employes Lose Homes, Personal Belongings and Employment Loss to Mill Companies, Commercial Houses, City Institutions and Churches Largely Pro i tected by Insurance Assessors Estimate Money Loss at $10,000,000. 1 s. TENT COLONY OF 5000 IN BASEBALL PARK City Government to Appropriate $100,000 for Relief Work j0J Legislature to Take Prompt Action Noted Buildings and Museums With Priceless Collections of Antiqui ty ties Saved Militia Patrols City While Con- flagration Burns Itself Out. i BUI I Salem, Ma6s., June 26. Relief for i: 1 e thousands of sufferers from the i great fire which wiped out B large 1Ul section of this cltj last ulght. poured f in uust:nted measure. JM. While the ruins of half of the cltj )ur were still smouldering, actual want bad brn met and steps taken for business-like management of the slt lTC uation. 5n The greatest loss has fallen on the jfl. factor; employes. chiefly rrenoh- Canadian and Poles. They comprise a majority of the 10,000 who are homeies and they have lost uot only 1 their homes and personal belonging.-: i be but their employment. The loss to I ji the m 1 1 companies commercial hou- "J s city institutions and churches Is ire protected to a large extent by Insur- ance. The assessors estimate the; ' il money loss at $10, nun. er. Three Persons Dead , il The loss of life, so far as known. ,eU mat fttrioted to three persons: ; Ulra Jennie Cunningham, whose body was recovered from her tene ment home on Lafayette street, eg -. auel P. Withey, burned to death in his home on Prescott street, to L which h.j had returned to save some personal belongings after he had ouce escaped. S, third body, found in the mill dis trict, but so badly burned that 11 11 w; s Impo sib'.c to determine the sex 11 City Adopts Relief Plan. The city government met today and adopted a relief plan This provided for the establishment of three relief stations and the transfer, for sani tary reasons, of the homeless ones from public halls and churches to the tenu erected on the baseball p?rk and the common. There will be a tent colony of five thousand peo ' pe In the baseball park resolution was considered by the )l city government which would appro I prfate lm.0MU for relief work. This ft was referred '0 the head of the ft- nance committee A rspresenta i 1 of the, government assured the citv government that the legislature would . j , ., prompt at tiun w Salem Mas? . Innn 26. The cod- I -ration which laid wast.- morn than a thousand buildings in the historic tilv cf Balem waB burning itself out today. City officials. after maklnu ;i care" ful compilation of values, figured tbe pp ,. at SlO.nOi it. The burned dis- trict followed the lines of a rough " semi Circle, three miles in length and ,r 11 varying In width from half a mile to U1 inW ! b mile -nd a half. mis 1 The charred hody ot a ar god v oman, thought to be a Mrs Cunningham was found in the ruins of a tenement on Latayetu -rr Btreet ( h-,st i" thousand persons 1 fourth of the city's population. err made bomelese and thousands passec Dlafet night in the open. Many bun dredi were sheltered in schools churches and public buildings in this cltj and Beverly Relief Plans Made Betore tbe fire had been falrl. I . checked, relief measures and ptani PA il for rebuilding were under way t,o. LO. rnor Walsh. Lieutenant Governo W arry and SecreUrj ol State Done i St. hue spent the night here The got 1 J ernot - announced that B( tents am 10000 rations would bp shipped ti fSS it) at once He also Issued i 1 call tor a public meeting In Boetoi 1 to take further action. 11. n, the midst of the gloom cause ,0p 1 bj the staggering blotto the cltj Rl residents found cause for thankfu I riess in the fact that the more noted buildings and tbe museums, with their priceless collections of a nttquiti'" p. were spared The birth place of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the "House of Seven Gables" and the old customs house were threatened for a time and : the flames approached dangerously I close to the Peabody museum and the Essex institute, but none of these structures was damaged Militia Patrols City. The militia summoned to a86isi In maintaining order patrolled the streets today Martial law was not declared but no one was pi rmltted to approach the fire swept area without at pass. Only one attempt at looting Tas discovered. On the common and In open spaces n, the outskirts of the city thousands of refugees tried to find a little rest during the night. Many stretched themselves out on the grass; others had managed to sae mattressee or rocking chairs from tbeir burning homes Little groups huddled togeth er about piles of household goods. Flames Rage Unchecked. Frem '1 o'clock yeiterdaj afternoon, when a terriffic explosion occurred in the factory of the Korn Leather company at Proctor and hJoston streets, the flames raged practically unchecked until midnight Tbe ex plosion Is thought to have occurred amone chemicals used in thp manu facture of patent leather This rac tory stood near the foot of Gallows Hill. lamous as the hanging places of witches in the ejrly colonial days, at the western end ot the city high wind carried the t lames through the manufacturing district and thence southeastward to tbe heart of the city and across a thick ly populated tenement district to thy water front Fine Homes Burn A shift In the wind sent tbe fire northward along Lafayette street, where scores of the city's finest resi dences were burned. The fire spread out to another manufacturing center on the shore of the harbor and de stroyed large factories In the inter- veiling area scores of business houses were swept away. The Salem hospi tal was among the buildlugs burnca, but all the patients were rescued. Greiit quantities of apparatus rrom neighboring clue- assisted In fighting the flames To the eastward tbo flames burned themselves out at the water's edge The final stand was made near tbe Boston fc Maine rail road station. Here several buildings wer. dynamited ;mi the firemen at last gained tbe upper hand, saving the northeastern part of the cltj A separate lire which the police say was of incendiary origiu. destroj ' ; ed thirteen dwellings in North Salem second ho(i was taken from the ! ruins" this forenoon but It was so charred the sex could not be deter , mined. Prompt Relief Given Prompt response was made to a publh appeal for relief Issued by Gov I ernoi Walsh. Hedrj C, Prick of Pitts burg sent a check for $25 000. Wagons and automobiles loaded with food began to arrie from sur rounding cities at da light and city - officials supervised Us distribution r wth the idea of best provdlng for those in actual want President Sends Condolences. I President Wilson sent the following D telegram to Governor Walsh: & "J am sure I speak for tbe Amer n lean people In tendering heartfelt sympath to you to the people of the i stricken city of Salem. Pan the fed . eral government be of service In th 1 r-mergency?" ? I BASEBALL S I OGDEN vs BOISE by g GLENWOOD 330 J Don't Miss Sunday's Big Games. BUTTE MINERS TO RE-OPEN OFFICES President Moyer Sends Order to Local No. 1 of Western Federation. I NEW UNION GOES AHEAD Wrecking Crew of I. W. W. Is Force Causing Trouble in Big Copper Camp. Butte Mont., June 26 Members loyal to the Buttp local No 1 West ern Fede,ration of Miners are ex pected to reopen here today office for transaction of the union's busi ness President Charles II Moyer if the federation who sought refuge in Helena after the rior and destruc lion of the miners' union ball here Tuesday night, gave the order for -eopening to bis followers The union hall is such a wreck thai a new building must be erected aUd it i-- beheed that temporary of fices Will be opened in one of the buildings used by organised labor Whether Mr. Moyer will attempt to speak at Anaconda, thirty mtles j from Butte, and then tonight a9 he announced yesterday, could not be learned definitely early today. May or O'Brien, members of the smelter men s union and citizens of Anacon da, Bent Pre.-ident Mover a message advising him not to come to Ana conda, because Mayor O Brien feared for Mover's personal safety. The mayor promised the federation leader protection but asked him to postpone his visit until a more aubpiclous time. The new independent union contir. ued signing members So far 1,430 names, according to the union, have been placed on the membership roll The new union will hold its first meeting next Tuesday I W W Cause of Trouble Helena, Mont. .Tune 2t". The wrecking crew of the Industrial Workers of the World Is the force at work in Butte.'' asserted President Charles H Mover of the Western Federation of Miners, last night. "I have positive Information that at least 600 1 W W agitator.- have ar rived In Butte within the last few weeks. One hundred and forty of them got off the train in Butte in one way." Asked for an explanation of the statement ot President McDonald to the effect that the new union was to be ridded of the 1 W W, element. Mr. Moyer replied "That merely Is a blind. The I W . W. has gone too far in showing Its hand in Butte and some of the Known agitators will drop back Into tbe ranks in order to re store public confidence in the so called union The result, however, will be the same They started In to get me six years ago and. falling In that, they are now determined to get the federation.' Moyer to Stay In Helena. Mr Ifdyer said be had no Inten tion of returning to Butte at the pres ent 1 1 me en! time I am in touch with the Butte sit uation here," he said, "and can ban die it as well from here as if I were on the ground An office will be opened In Butte tomorrow morn ing and a temporary secretarv will be placed In charge. " The president of the federation is firm In the belief that a possible at tempt on his life wa only averted late today by the prompt action of a deputy sheriff In arresting thro men who had followed him about the Cltj He said that be had been warned of an attempt to assassinate him The three men were taken to the county Jail and searched but nothing incriminating was found upon them The said they were tramps who had Just arrived in the city and said they had never been in Butte As a precautionary measure to pro tect the state's military stores In any contingency that might arise, armed guards have been placed hi the Htate armory In Helena at which a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition are stored. GOVERNOR ASKS FOR IUTR00PS Montana Executive Wants Federal Force to Be Near in Case of Further Rioting. Washington. June 26. Governor Stewart of Montana today asked that federal troops be transferred from Fort Vancouver to Fort Missoula, in order to be In readiness In case of further trouble at Butte Senator Meyers called at the White House to present the governor's request He stated conditions In Butte were un I settled aud further outbreaks were I ZIMMERMAN'S LOVE LETTERS ARDENT ENOUGH TO MELT FIRST NAME, SAYS ICY Miss Icy Wareham. Miss Icy Wareham, who has sued Eugene Zimmerman, multi-millionaire of Cincinnati and father-in-law of the Duke of Manchester, for $100, 000. charging he failed to keep his promise to marry her, says she has in her possession a t umber of letters from Zimmerman which are so ardent that thev almost melted her first name iff Sh lives in Long- Island, is forty, and 6ays she met the millionaire some years ago in New York. liable to occur at any time There i are .o lederal troops In Montana, he said, and In case of serious rioting it would take too long to bring them from Foft Vancouver for them to be of any service. President Wilson took the request under advisement and later took it up at the cabinet meeting oo SHERIFF RAND IS MISSING FIVE DAYS Baker, Ore.. June 26. If Sheriff Edward Band, who five days ago started on the trial of Ed. Fisher, wanted in connection with the shoot ing of Former Mayor Stewart of Cop perfield. is not heard from b) today, search for him win be institute. i bj his deputies and friends The sheriff, guided b Jaj Ballard, a friend and companion of Fisher. Is in a wild and desolate countrv but there are telephones which he should have been able to reach, and his forty-eight hours' silence has caused fear that he may have met with dis aster. Stewart, the victim of the shooting of which Fisher Is accused. Is past the danger line and will recover oo JOHNSON READY FOR 010 FIGHT Cables Mother in Chicago, 4T Shall Win Sure" Great Crowd Is Expected. Paris. June 26. Both Jack John son, heavyweight champion of the world and Frank Muran of Pittsburg, challenge'!' for the title, finished their training toduy and each of them de clared himself in the best possible condition for their contest tomorrow night. "1 shall wiu sure." was the cable giam Johnson sent to his mother in ' Chicago today, while h friend of Mo .ran who visited him at bis training quartan "t Injercl on the oise, said j that the challenger was no less con fident The advance sale of seats Indicates there will be a great crowd at tbe Velodrome d' Hlver when tbo fight starts at half pit ten tomorrow ni-ht It Is said that among those who have purchased tickets are many women. some of whom never miss an import ant boxing match In Fans. Poor to Receive Benefit. The poor of Pari will realize a good sum as a result of the Lontest, as It Is calculated that the receipts will reai h at least 1100,000, and, Ac cording to the law. 10 per cent Ifl added lo the price of each ticket fol" the beuctlt of the poor. WILSON AOORESS STIRS CONGRESS Emphatic Declaration on Trust Program Is Read With Keen Interest. Entire Missouri Delegation in House Pledges Aid to Presi dent in Fight. Washington. June 21 President Wilson a emphatic declaration of the administration intention to go straight ahead with Its antitrust program , and place those measures on the sta tute books of the country, with the prediction oi unparalleled prosperity i to follow, attracted widespread atten j tion here today In congressional circles especially the president's ut terances were read with keen Inter est While the president's speech was j addressed lo members of the Virginia Press association. It was meant for the entire nation. It was regarded as perhaps ihe most important message the president has given to the busi ness world and as bis final answer to those who oppose the enactment of I the anti-trust program at the present session of congress President Is Determined The president spoke in no uncer i tain terms and made It clear that he was determined to push to a conclu sion the tTUSl program He reviewed the efforts of the administration to carry out other features of Its pro Igrajn (be tariff and the currency I aw which be said was attended by j fpnr of business disturbance. When. , however, those measures finally te came law. the feeling of uncertainty 1 was relieved. In congress the belief was express I ed that the president's announced at titude would have tbe effect of ral lyihg Memocrils to the plan lo dis pose of the trust program This ne 'llef was further strengthened by the , t:e ( thai the entire Missouri delega tion in the hOUSe had pledged the president thefV aid In his fight That the president feels sure that congress would complete the program at an early dale was made evident in his address to the cdltorr The seiiSjte bsid before it again to day the trade commission bill, 11 is now the unfinished business before that body. no WASHINGTON FORFEITS THE GAME TO PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, June 26. -Durlni th" fourth Inning of the first game of to ,,. . s double bender with Washington. Umpire (.'bill forfeited the game to Philadelphia by 9 to 0 The trouble arose over the manner in which En gel, pitcher for Washington, deliv. 1 1 t-d Lilt ball. REORGANIZATION OF 0. B. CLAFL1N WHOLESALE COMPANY IS BEGUN ' '; . : Leading Dry Goods Firms, Jobbing and Commission Houses. L -: : Organizations of Merchandise Creditors and Holders of I Firm's Paper Come to Rescue of Great Establish- ; ment Thousands of Banks Hold Company's j ! Outstanding Paper. j I : .. JOHN CLAFLIM PLEDGES PERSONAL FORTUNE H 1 Receiver! to Continue Business Subsidiary of Firm Files In- voluntary Bankruptcy Counsel for Claflin to Oppose I I Petition Note Holders in Session Merchandise Creditors Call for Deposit of Claims United Dry Goods Drops to 62 Castner-Knott Dry Goods Company, Nashville Sub sidiary Declared Solvent. I New York. June 2C With ;issur-: ances of co-operation from the lead ing dry good firms, jobbing and com mission houses, and the organization I of merchandise creditors and ?the holders of tbe firm's paper, John I t'laflin today began the task of re organization of the H, B. Claflin Co.. I which went Into the hands of receiv ers yesterday. In a statement giving his reason for the receivership, Mr. Claflin said regarding possible reorganization, that "a plan will soon be presentee' which we hope win prove acceptable to both creditors and stockholders.'" The liabilities of the company arc placed at $34,000,000, practically in the form of commercial paper. The assets are placed at $44,000,000, and in addition John Claflin, it is stated has pledged hla personal fortune o' flO.O0O.OO0 Tbe outstanding paper is held by thousands of banks throughout the United) States and so widely scattered as to prevent .i financial strain in any one section Meeting of Creditors A meeting of the creditors to be held In about ten days will determine whether the receivership .-hall be continued and If so, on what terms they shall be allowed to borrow to continue the business. At this meeting a committee of creditors may be selected to co-operate with the receivers. Subsidary Involuntary Bankruptcy An Involuntary petition in bank CJF was filed here today against the Defender Manufacturing company ot this city, makers of underwear, a sub sidiary of the H B. claflin company, which failed yesterday. Receivers in equity proceedings were appointed at the time of the Claflin failure, but it was contended that the com pany was solvent. Creditors now seek to have It adjudged bankrupt Counsel for the Claflin interests. It is understood, will oppose the peti tion. Members of the note holders' pro tective committee appointed yester day to safeguard the Interests of banks having some $30,000,000 of Claflin paper, went Into session to day. Merchandise Creditors Claims A C Drew, secretary of the mer chandise creditors committee, esti mated today thai merchandise credit ors have claims of about fL'.OOO.OOn. "It is our earnest hope." he said, "that merchandise creditors will deposit claim- with out committee at the earliest momenl Immediate co-operation Is essential to produce sat lafactory results. In -dsn of the public importance of this matter this committee has consented to repre sent creditors without cost to them. During the early trading in the -tock market there were four sales of United Dry GOOdl preferred, each amounting to $ioo shares. The first was at M 1-4 the second at 64. th third Si 68 nd the fourth at 62. At the close of the market yesterday the stock was quoted at 65. The L'nlted Drj Goods companies lmo 8 tock control of the H. B Claf lin company Tennessee Store Solvent. Nashville. Tenn , June 26 The Caatner-Knot! Drs Gooda company of Nashville, one of the H B Cla? Iln company stores, which filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy yes terday is solvent, accordine to rep resentatives f the company. The action was taken here for the purpose "f continuing the local bust- ncss without interruption under the rci eiverahlp- oo INTERMARRIAGE IS DEFENDED Sacramento Cal., June Inter marriage, of whites with Ja'panes Hindus and other Orientals, was de fended yesterdaj bj F'rof Fran; Hoar, of Columbia university, B noted .in : hropologlst. In one of the series of le tures whic h he is delivering at the summer beasion of the university ot California. 'j I "All thi; feeling out here in Cali- fornia against tiie Intermarriage of Americana and Japanese as well .ia (I between whites and other Oriental j peoples, is simply foolish sentimen- il tality without the slightest biolog leal inundation." Prof. Boas said "Practically all the population of "itrope is the product of th most .idely divergent racial intermixtures Lnmanity, fundamentally. Is very - I nearl Identical tbe world over, m natter what may be the color or I1 assess! JAPAN MAKING , STRONG DEMAND Note Declares in Emphatic and I Uncompromising Terms That Relief Must be Given. LAW DISCRIMINATORY Fair and Equal Treatment De ! sired California Attitude Unjust and Obnoxious. Washington. June 26 Japan Is again demanding in emphatic and un compromising terms relief of her sub jects from what are called invidious ly discriminatory" effects of the Cal ifornia alien land ownership law Th: whs revealed today In connection with the simultaneous publication In Wash- ington aud Tokio of diplomatic corre spondence between the United States and rapanese government extending lover a period of more than a year The last Japanese communication, dated Juue 10 last, reopening the nr gotlations and asking for an answer to the note handed Secretary Bryan, August 26, 1913, b Viscount Chinas, the ambassador here, and the Anier i an reply, sent by Mr Bryan two 'days ago, were not mare public The 1 reply did not racb Tokio In time for publication there wtrh the rest of th correspondence, so It was agreed that it should be given out later. Demands Equal Treatment The uote of August 26 concluded: The Imperial government claim'' for them (Its subject I fair and equal treatment, and are unable either to acQuieace In the unjust and obnoxious discrimination complained of. or to regard the question as closed so lonir as the existing state of things is permitted to continue." i It is now disclosed that a new I treaty was discussed as a possible I way around the difficulties presented pj the problem, but that the Japanese government, deciding that an attempt to negotiate a new convention would tend only to create new trouble, pro posed to renew the negotiations where they left off last August and. virtually to begin all over again. In diplomatic circles here suggestions were heard today that the way was being paved for submission of th matter to the Hague for arbitration. In spite of the contention that the division of power In the United States between the federal and state gov- I ernmenta makes such a stop impos- i Tokio, Japan. .June 26 The corrr apondence between Japan and tno United States in connection with tn California anti-alien law was publish ed here today It was preceded by a Bummar) showing that the Japanese government abandons its proposal for new convention, but continues n- ( !qotiatlOn with the American ern men! U adlng that the laud act Is 1 djcnrmri.-itury. 1